It’s around 7.30am in the dining hall of the International Media Centre during the DPRK-USA Hanoi Summit. Many domestic and foreign reporters are standing in a long queue in front of a booth serving phở (noodle soup), waiting their turn to be served.

 The Government Inspectorate has announced its conclusion on petitions involved in the land acquisition of Đồng Đăng Market in Lạng Sơn for construction and the moving of traders into a shopping centre without asking their opinions.

 The central city of Đà Nẵng planned to ban over 30-seat buses from the downtown area during rush hour to reduce alarming congestion in the first quarter of 2019.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Patient care at Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital in central Quang Nam Province has improved greatly.

 Resorts on the outskirts of cities like Hanoi or in nearby areas that are easy to reach are increasingly finding favor among those keen to get away for a brief sojourn.

 After 30 years of licensing FDI projects Viet Nam has 26,500 of them now. This represents remarkable success for Viet Nam’s open-door and integration processes.

VietNamNet Bridge - Cau and Ngu Huyen Khe Rivers are dying slowly amid hot economic development and the strong rise of Industrial Zones and craft villages.

DPRK leader Kim Jong-un boarded a train back to Pyongyang from Dong Dang station in Lang Son on March 2 afternoon, concluding his five-day stay in Vietnam for the second DPRK-USA Hanoi Summit and the official friendship visit to VN.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau has developed models that apply advanced farming techniques and increase co-operation among stakeholders in production and consumption.

Vietnam is expected to see a surge in FDI, thanks to various factors such as free trade agreements, the trade war between China and the United States on Vietnam, and stronger interest in merger and acquisition transactions.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment is gathering feedback from private stakeholders on the draft law amending and supplementing the Law on Investment and the Law on Enterprises. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – When it comes to the An Kim Hai drainage channel, Pham Huu has seen just about all there is to see.

Japanese Ken Ochiai is currently working in Vietnam, Japan and the US. He graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts. He was honoured with the title of New American Filmmaker at the Hawaii International Film Festival and received ...

 There continues to be a market for luxury residential products in Vietnam in 2019 thanks to the participation of more foreign investors, tolerance of foreign property ownership, and increasing number of domestic high net worth individuals.

 Local pepper growers are encountering many difficulties due to the falling price and a severe shortage of manpower during the ongoing harvest season.

 Vietnam should create optimal conditions to encourage technological innovation, President and CEO of Japan’s NTT DATA Corporation Toshio Iwamoto said at a workshop in Hanoi on March 1.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s low-cost rice exporters are facing big challenges because of problems with the Chinese market. And the export prices Vietnam is offering to import countries are on the decrease.

 A high-ranking delegation from the Vietnam People’s Army is paying an official friendship visit to Japan from March 2 to 5.

 On the sidelines of the DPRK-USA Hanoi Summit on Wednesday, three Vietnamese airlines signed deals with US firms worth more than US$21 billion, but will this spell the start of an increase of bilateral agreements between America and Viet Nam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Saigon Philharmonic Youth Orchestra (SPYO) debuted in HCM City with the goal of rejuvenating symphonic music and introducing a musical genre that is not well known or easily accessed by the public.